1. Reliability Assessment Committee
Enoch Davies
Manager, System Stability Planning
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

2. BOD approved- RAC Recommendations
Establish the Reliability Assessment Committee (RAC)
Integrate PCC and TEPPC
Continue all products currently produced by PCC and TEPPC
Allow all stakeholders to be members of the RAC, its Subcommittees, Work Groups and Task Forces
Establish Governing Bodies for RAC and Subcommittees
Most decisions by consensus—Governing Body only acts to decide non-consensus issues
Create four Subcommittees
Scenario Development
Studies
Modeling
Data
Establish member forums
Emphasize this is only a summary of recommendations contained in the Report
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

3. Benefits of Creating RAC
Improved Efficiency
Reduced number of committees reduces Member time requirements
Reduced WECC staff resources required to support Committees
Focused stakeholder participation in reliability assessment activities
Improved Effectiveness
Focused reliability assessment expertise
Broad understanding of potential reliability risks
Consistent application of reliability assessments
Consistent data and assumptions
Improved Strategic Alignment
Alignment with WECC 3-Year Operating Plan
Integrated annual reliability assessment study program
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

4. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Current Events
RAC Governing Body members Selected
Nominating Committee working to fill Subcommittee Governing Body positions
RAC and subcommittee charters initial drafts under development
Weekly RAC Governance Committee conference calls
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5. What Does this Mean for SRWG?
All products currently under PCC continue
SRWG’s work may be distributed between multiple subcommittees
As subcommittees flesh out their respective obligations more will be known
Status quo until RAC and the subcommittees are established
Current Modeling and Data Subcommittees include the Modeling and Validation Work Group (same as current WG) and Power Flow Data Work Group, respectively
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6. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
For Discussion
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